c) to foster opportunities for training and international ex- 
change. and 
d) to provide a forum through which interested national, 
regional and other international bodies may communicate. 
COGENE shall also consider, if necessary, other related activities which 
may give rise to public concern. 
Current Activities 
COGENE currently has three Working Groups active in the areas of: 
a) Guidelines for Research on Recombinant DNA. The Con- 
venor is S.N. Cohen (U.S.A.). The Group will make its first 
report in September 1978. 
b) Risk Assessment Experiments. The Convenor is A M. Skalka 
(U.S.A.). This is the Group's first report. 
c) Benefits and Applications of Recombinant ONA. The Con- 
venor is W.J. Whelan (U.S.A.). 
COGENE and the Royal Society (Great Britain) will convene an in- 
ternational conference on recombinant ONA at Wye College (University 
of London) Kent, U.K. during 1-4 April 1979. 
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